Coin holder and carrier.



WILLIAM HENRY AND GEORGE O. HERRMANN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COIN HQLDER AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,045, dated October 17', 1899. Application filed February 4, 1899. Serial No. 704,480. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we,WILLIAM HENRY and GEORGE O. HERRMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Holders and Carriers, of which the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to improvements in coin holders and carriers, and has special reference to means for carrying coins through the mail in the envelop ordinarily used for carrying letters, although it canbe used conveniently as a pocket-book and for other purposes for which coin-holders are generally used.

The objects of the invention are to provide means for, holding the coins in a secure manner and to provide a devicefor doing it which will be cheap to manufacture, strong and durable, and which can be used over and over again.

The objects of the invention are accom- 'plished by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whch Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the holder unfolded, showing a coin in one of the receivers; Fig. 2, an end view of same partially folded up, and Fig. 3 a section on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

A represents the bod y of the holder and carrier and will preferablybe heavy paper, cardboard, or other light and flexible or elastic material. This will preferably be creased on the lines a a to form the sections ct', o2, and a'whereby the section a can be folded over onto the section a2 and the section a3 onto the section a', thereby placing the section a between the sections a2 and a3. Formed through the section a2 are a series of pairs of slots Z) b', which preferably bisect each other at right angles and which terminate with the eyelets h2. Each pair of slots form four tongues, the angular ends of which meet at the point of intersection of the two slots. The lengths of the slots will vary to suit the size of coin to be held, and the coin is introduced by depressing any two opposite points and passing the coinin on top of them and between them and the two remaining points in the manner as shown in the drawings, in which C is a coin in position to be carried in the holder. It will be noted that the edge of the coin, which is always thicker than the inside body part, drops into the eyelets at the ends of the slots, the latter forming a sort of seat for Vthe coin edge, and the points b, formed at the junction of the eyelets with the tongue, are drawn by the tension of the tongues into the depressed coin-face to form a catch to keep the coin from loeingeasilyre moved. The tension on the tongues is produced by forcing the coin between the opposite pairs. Besides forming this seat for the edge of the coin the eyelets prevent the tearing of the card at the ends of the slots.

The slots may run diagonally to the edges of the card or parallel with the edges, as shown in Fig. l, to suit the fancy of the maker or user, and the number of pairs in a card will depend also on the fancy of the maker or user and also on the size of the card used, it not being desired to limit this invention in either of the above particulars.

l/Ve are aware of the patent to llazzard, No. 475,397, which shows a card with parallel slots ending in eyelets and two other slots intersecting to form a tongue to be doubled over and folded around the coin placed in the parallel slots. lVe are also aware of a displaycard for holding collar-buttons and the like patented to Benedict, No. 556,878, having three intersecting slots to form four unequal tongues, and we do not claim the constructions shown in these patents; but

Vhat we do claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l.. A coin holder and carrier comprising a sheet or leaf having one or more pairs of straight slots, the slots of each pair intersectA ing each other to form four tongues of like size and shape, substantialiy as described.'

2. In a coin holder and carrier, a sheet or leaf having two intersecting slots to form four tongues of like size and shape said slots terminating with eyelets, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

3. A coin holder and carrier comprising a sheet or leaf having one or more pairs of IOC straight slots which bisect each other at right angles to forni four equal tongues for each pair of slots, substantially as specified.

4. A coin holder and carrier comprising a intersecting slots to vforno four tongues alike in size and shape and said slots terminating with eyelets, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto set I5 sheet or leaf having one or more pairs of l our hands and seals, at Indianapolis, Indiana, straight slots which bisect each other at right l l this 31st day of January, A. D. 1899.

WILLIAM HENRY. [1.. s] GEO. O. HERRMANN. [L. s] Witnesses:

JOSEPH A. MINTURN, CHARLES HANCOCK.

angles to form four tongues alike in size and shape said slots terminating with eyelets, as and for the purposes specified.

5. A coin holder and carrier comprising a sheet folded to form leaves, said sheet having 

